Not a lot of time to paint so far this year as the “back by popular demand” Mamma Mia the Musical has taken up a lot of my time, rebooting the costume designs for a fab new cast. Fortunately, I finished painting ‘The road to Alice’ in Jan and was lucky enough to have it …
Category: Thoughts from the Studio
My newly upgraded website is online and I think it’s terrific! There is always the rush at the end and the last few bits and pieces to iron out, but Regina from iMechanism.com.au made it happen. Huge Thanks!! If you are reading this, thanks for having a look. Please explore and enjoy!
Ord River – West Kimberley I love this piece and the judge (Paul McCarthy), approved too. Acrylic inks & paint on Arches 300gsm watercolour paper. I love the vibrancy of inks, but no second chances when you paint with it, unlike watercolour where you have time to blot or wash it out. Beautifully framed in …
Loving the colours, the acrylic inks and the challenge of capturing an impression of the landscape in the West Kimberley.
I loved the immediacy of the travel sketches I did whilst travelling in the Kimberley, so wanted to translate some of that to a larger format. Still working with acrylic inks and some acrylic paint on 300gsm watercolour paper. Love those big skies!
Detail from a piece I had started in 2020 and although I liked it, felt it didn’t quite meet my image of what I wanted to say….so I reworked it in 2022 with cold wax & oil.I wanted to show visual sightlines, bent lines of perspective, (both figuratively and literally) and man-made lines mingled with …
Back into the studio with a clearer head than the past few days and weeks. My lovely glass palette is the bottom shelf from an old fridge. It works so well with the palette knife as I mix cold wax medium and oil paint. Easy to clean too. Gotta luv re-purposing!
Thrilled to be chosen as a finalist for this fantastic Inner West Art Prize. Many layers to achieve the effect, but absolutely loved painting this.
FROM A LOOKOUT from inspiration to completion. I like where this work has finished, but it does make me want to try another more abstracted version. ….there’s always something!!!
Have entered and packaged up my paintings and they are ready to deliver on Monday for the Annual Exhibition. Very excited as last year it could only be held online. Always wonderful to see paintings “in the flesh!!”